Zhu Bajie

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Zhu Bajie, also named Zhu Wuneng, is one of the three disciples of Tang Sanzang, along with Sun Wukong and Sha Heshang, and a major character of the 16th-century novel Journey to the West. Zhu means "swine", and Bajie means "eight precepts". Before being recruited by the bodhisattva Guanyin, Zhu Bajie was known as Zhu Gāngliè (豬剛巤), literally "Strong-Maned Pig". Buddhist scholars consider both expressions related to "Śīla pāramitā". In many English versions of the story, Zhu Bajie is called "Monk Pig", "Pig", "Piggy", or "Pigsy". Zhu Bajie is a complex and developed character in the novel. He is portrayed as a fearsome humanoid monster, part human and part pig, who often causes trouble for himself and his companions through laziness, gluttony, and lust. He looks up to his senior fellow disciple Sun Wukong as an older brother. Although he sometimes rebels when angered by Wukong's constant teasing, his schemes usually end in his own humiliation. His Buddhist name "Zhu Wuneng", given by Bodhisattva...

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